NEW CHAMPIONS

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21729, 19 February 1934, Page 11

NEW CHAMPIONS

DOMINION SWIMMERS SUCCESS OF AUCKLANDERS CRUMP WINS HUNDRED YARDS SURPRISE BY MISS LUDLOW [BY TELEGRAPH —PRFS9 ASSOCIATION] CHRISTCHURCH, Sunday Although times recorded at the New Zealand national swimming championships yesterday were not sensational, and no records were broken, large and high-class fields started in every event, and there were some desperate finishes, particularly in the women's 220 yards national championship, in which the title-holder, Miss M. Leydon, Auckland, was beaten by her team-mate, Miss N. Ludlow. The water was somewhat slow. Following were the results: — MEN'S 100 YARDS First Heat. —Jarvis, Otago, 1; ■ Crump, Auckland, 2; McConville, Canterbury, 3. Time, 57 2-ss. Second Heat.—Frankham, Auckland., 1;- Whareaitu, South Auckland, 2; Symes-, Canterbury, 3. Time, 57 4-ss. Final Crump, Auckland . ... • * » • 1 Frankham, Auckland . ;»:< * * >: :• 2 Jarvis, Otago 3 Won on a touch, with Jarvis a foot away. Whareaitu was fourth. Time, 58s. WOMEN'S 220 YARDS First Heat. —Miss Ludlow, Auckland, 1; Miss Basstian, Southland, 2; Miss Morris, Canterbury, 3. Time, 2m 545. Second Heat. —Miss Leydon, Auckland, 1; Miss S. Grange, Auckland, 2; Miss B. Lewin, Auckland, 3. Time, 2m 56 2-os. . Final Miss Ludlow, Auckland . . ~ 1 Miss Leydon, Auckland . * . . . 2 Miss Lewin, Auckland . . . « . . 3 Miss Basstian and Miss Lewin led for two laps, but then ga\e way to Miss Ludlow and Miss Grange. Won on a touch, Miss Lewin being four yards back. Time, 2m 51 2-ss. ' MEN'S 220 YARDS BREASTSTROKE First Heat. —K. Spry, Wellington, 1; R. Geddes, Otago, 2; J. Hardie, Ashburton, 3. Time, 3m 20s. Second Heat. —L. Smith, Manawatu, 1; C. Elliott, Otago, 2; J. Bruce, Canterbury, 3. Time, 3m 7 3-ss. Final Smith, Manawatu . . s s g s H * > 1 Spry, Wellington . . x ** *« «. 2 Geddes,. Otago . . . * .>- s« • • 3 Won by 10 yards, Spry being 12 yards ahead of Geddes. Time, 3m 4 l-ss. ONE MILE CHAMPIONSHIP D. P. Lindsay, Manawatu . . . . 1 N. Crump, Auckland . . , . . ... 5 J. D. Driscoll, Otago . . . . . 3 Also started. —R. Watkins, Hawke's Bay, P. E. Matheson, Otago. Won easily by two lengths of the baths. Time, 23m 225. Results in the first round of the water polo were as follows: —Canterbury A, 2, beat Otago, 1; Canterbury B, 5, beat Wellington, 1.